my best tips for an unmedicated birth {during labor}
*This is part two of a two-part series. You can read the first part on my advice before you reach labor here. Again, this is not meant to be a […]
Category Archives: Pregnancy
my best tips for an unmedicated childbirth {before the first contraction}
In another life I’d love to be a doula or certified nurse midwife. Well maybe this life, just later. When there aren’t tiny hands grabbing for my attention every day, […]
introductions.
meeting melia. hard to believe this was almost 8 weeks ago. all photos by Erin Tegeler Photography
Melia Jean’s Birth Story
I’ve written two introduction posts to this story, which you can read here and here. If you’re the type who enjoys a birth story (I am one such type), you […]
Laboring in 5:00 traffic {introduction part two of Melia Jean’s birth story}
****This is part two of my introduction to Melia Jean’s birth story. As the labor was broken up into a few parts, I wanted to capture the earlier bits in […]
I went into labor at the zoo {intro to Melia Jean’s birth story}
Her due date came and went. And then another due date, because the first one was incorrect. Still, we waited. Each day contractions grew stronger and more regular, eventually dying […]
Melia Jean
She’s here!!! A petite 7 lbs 13 ozs and 20 inches long, Melia Jean “Kēlā mea Menemene” Groves arrived on August 3rd at 4:54 am. We are over the moon […]
40 weeks
Turns out, today is my due date… not July 28. The way I see it, we just bought ourselves a little time. Induction for the natural birth lovers is atrocious. […]
on waiting
Waiting for a baby. Time stands still. Details are vivid. Laughter fills the belly. Each day full of possibility. Hope soars in the Creator God who holds the heavens […]
photo of the week
39 weeks and 6 days. Impromptu trip to the Oregon Coast. Perfect way to enter 40 weeks. _ *photo courtesy of the Mr Groves man.
